When Qi Yun’s figure reappeared in He Sha’s line of sight.

And when three slowly rotating, illusory Black Coffins appeared floating above his palm.

The expression on He Sha’s plump face had become as ghastly as if it had been coated in green lacquer.

Combined with the three he had already merged, if these new three in Qi Yun’s hand were allowed to fuse into the Black Coffin behind him—which had already solidified to the likeness of Black Jade—

the combined power of six illusory Black Coffins would be stacked together...

He would never be able to withstand it!

"Qi Yun! To attack and kill a fellow sect member is one of the Holy Sect’s ten unforgivable sins!

If you dare commit such a treasonous act, Senior Brother Black Mountain will never let you get away with it!

There will be no place for you to hide, in the heavens above or the earth below!"

Seeing Qi Yun draw closer step by step, the faint, indifferent smile on his face unwavering, He Sha could no longer hold back. His voice was sharp and severe as he barked out a cold warning.

He tried to use the sect’s rules and the reputation of Black Mountain Master to intimidate this madman, who appeared gentle but was in fact ruthless and decisive.

Yet Qi Yun merely tilted his head slightly, his tone carrying a hint of wry amusement.

"Martial Uncle, you’re speaking nonsense again.

From the very beginning, have I ever laid a single finger on you?

It is clearly this Chaotic Heaven Black Coffin, a relic of the Zombie Alliance, that has brought you to harm with its exceptional ferocity.

Even if this matter were brought before a True Monarch, I could state my case with a straight face and a clear conscience."

His words completely absolved him of all responsibility.

He pushed all the blame onto the "Chaotic Heaven Black Coffin," and hearing it made He Sha want to vomit blood!

Before He Sha could respond, Qi Yun gave him no further chance to argue or threaten. With a casual wave of his hand—

The three illusory Black Coffins above his palm shot forward with a piercing shriek, crossing the short distance in an instant and slamming violently into the Black Coffin behind He Sha—a coffin already brimming with immense burial power!

BOOM—!!!!

The commotion from this fusion far exceeded any before!

The accumulation in quantity had finally triggered a change in quality!

The illusory Black Coffin behind He Sha was no longer simply solidifying.

Instead, it swelled and distorted violently. A dark, gloomy light pulsed erratically, like the final beat of a heart before cardiac arrest, then abruptly imploded!

The entire coffin became as deep and profound as a black hole.

Within the abyss-like mouth of the coffin, amidst the roiling black gas of annihilation,

a faint... humanoid silhouette began to coalesce!

It stood silently in the deepest recesses of the coffin’s darkness. Though it made no move, it exuded a pure intent of death so potent it could freeze the very Cosmic Jade!

The instant the humanoid silhouette appeared, the hairs on He Sha’s body stood on end as a dire sense of peril, like a tsunami, exploded in his mind!

RUMBLE!!!

At this life-or-death juncture, He Sha held nothing back, unleashing the full power of a Foundation Establishment Master!

The space behind him twisted violently as an immense manifestation thundered into existence!

It was a vast, boundless abyss, with churning, turbid yellow quicksand surging within!

Its banks were separated by a celestial chasm, its depths bottomless. The quicksand roiled within, roaring as if to devour all creation, and emanating a terrifying Daoist Intent of sinking, erosion, and utter burial!

This was the complete manifestation of his Floating Form Flowing Abyss Dao Foundation, which he had cultivated with his very life!

The Flowing Abyss opened as if to devour the heavens!

He Sha let out a muffled grunt, pouring every last drop of his Magical Power into the Dao Foundation manifestation behind him!

In an instant, the Floating Form Flowing Abyss seemed to come alive. From the abyss’s center erupted a suction force, terrifying to the extreme and in no way inferior to that of the fused Black Coffin!

However, where the Black Coffin absorbed life force and existence itself, seeking to bury all things;

the Flowing Abyss devoured matter and energy, seeking to grind all things into basic quicksand!

The two suction forces, different in nature yet equally tyrannical, collided with a thunderous roar, like two dead stars crashing into each other at point-blank range!

BANG!!!!

CRACK—!!!

A terrifyingly loud crash, impossible to describe with words, exploded outwards!

There was no dazzling brilliance.

Only the clash of the purest, most savage power!

With He Sha at the center, the Cosmic Jade for hundreds of feet in every direction shattered inch by inch like fragile glass, revealing the twisted, chaotic void behind it!

A turbulent, violent torrent of power swept madly in all directions, scraping away dozens more feet from the ground.

Countless fragments of rock, dust, and even the remnants of Magic Corpses were torn apart and annihilated into the finest particles by the two opposing forces before they could even get close!

On one side was the jet-black sarcophagus, formed from the fusion of six illusory Black Coffins, containing a strange humanoid silhouette, and radiating an aura of deathly silence that could bury the heavens!

On the other was the turbid yellow abyss—the complete manifestation of a Dao Foundation—that devoured all existence into its quicksand, like a great chasm separating Heaven and Earth!

Darkness and turbid yellow intertwined; burial and devouring clashed!

The Black Coffin trembled violently. The humanoid silhouette within seemed to stir slightly, and the black gas of annihilation surged out like tentacles, latching onto the edge of the Flowing Abyss and frantically eroding it.

But the Floating Form Flowing Abyss erupted with even greater suction. The turbid yellow quicksand crashed against the Black Coffin in great waves, trying to drag it down into an endless abyss of its own.

For a moment, they were locked in a brief stalemate!

He Sha’s face was as pale as paper. His body trembled slightly, and a trickle of blood had already escaped the corner of his mouth.

Clearly, pitting his Dao Foundation manifestation against the qualitatively changed Black Coffin was placing an extreme burden on him.

’As expected of an old master who’s been steeped in the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage for centuries. With all his trump cards on the table, he can actually withstand the backlash of six coffins combined?’

Seeing that He Sha had actually managed to force a temporary stalemate against the terrifying entity—formed from six illusory Black Coffins and filled with a strange, deathly intent—by relying on his complete Dao Foundation manifestation, the Floating Form Flowing Abyss,

a flicker of surprise passed through Qi Yun’s eyes. He nodded slowly, a warning sounding in his heart.

’Indeed, none who can step into the Foundation Establishment Realm are anything less than battle-hardened veterans with profound reserves.’

’My easy victory over Flower Moon Hall Master Song Kun was largely due to him being unfamiliar with the power of a Venerable Dao Foundation. He was caught off guard, and his Dao Position was completely suppressed.’

’If we had both known each other’s abilities and fought a true life-and-death battle with no holds barred,’

’even if I could win, it would have taken considerable effort. It wouldn’t have been so easy.’

As these thoughts flashed through his mind, Qi Yun hesitated no longer and made a grasping motion at the air—

WHOOSH—

A massive banner suddenly appeared, snapping in the wind! It was a deep black, with flowing golden patterns, and it radiated both the majestic pressure of an Emperor’s Qi and the chilling aura of a Ghost Realm!

Qi Yun waved the great banner, and the vast, boundless Daluo Magical Power within him surged into it like a river bursting its dam!

VMMMM—!

In that instant, a chilling, profound Grand Array capable of the Refinement of all things thundered into being!

Array Patterns etched themselves into the void as a Yin Wind howled.

A pale, dim "Eclipse Moon" rose majestically above the Grand Array, radiating a Realm that could freeze the Divine Soul and dissolve Magical Power!

The Taiyin Refining Form Array!

Activate!

Once this Grand Array was deployed, a third type of power, completely different from the "devouring" of the Quicksand Abyss and the "burial" of the Black Coffin, appeared.

A cold, deathly, terrifying suction force descended like an invisible millstone.

It enveloped He Sha with absolute precision, right as he was using all his strength to resist the Black Coffin!

"What?!!’

He Sha was already at his limit fighting the Black Coffin, his entire Magical Power and Heart and Spirit focused on maintaining his Floating Form Flowing Abyss manifestation.

To now be crushed by the Taiyin Refining Form Array...

the already fragile, delicate balance was shattered in an instant!

KRAK...

A faint sound, like porcelain cracking, came from the turbid yellow Quicksand Abyss manifestation!

A distinct crack suddenly appeared on the wall of the abyss!

"URGH—!"

He Sha violently spat out a mouthful of blood, his aura deflating rapidly like a punctured ball.

The Quicksand Abyss manifestation behind him flickered violently, as if it could collapse and dissipate at any moment!

In that split second, as his power waned and a crack appeared in his defense,

the blurry, humanoid figure that had been standing motionless in the depths of the Black Coffin suddenly moved!

A withered black hand, yet one containing terrifying power, shot through the now-cracked Quicksand Abyss manifestation and seized He Sha’s wrist!

Cold! Corroding! An irresistible power that sought to drag all life into eternal silence surged madly from the black hand into He Sha’s body.

"Qi Yun!! May you die a horrible death—!!!"

He Sha let out a venomous shriek. Starting from his captured wrist, strange, mottled patterns, identical to those on the surface of the Black Coffin, spread rapidly across his skin.

His life force, his Magical Power, were all being forcibly assimilated and buried by this power!

CLANG!

In the distance, the main body of the Chaotic Heaven Black Coffin, which had been standing silently all this time, seemed to sense something.

The coffin trembled slightly, and the phantom of a thick, long chain—one that had been broken but still lingered around it—suddenly shot through the air.

It instantly wrapped around He Sha’s waist!

Then, the chain snapped back with an unstoppable force, yanking He Sha like a marionette toward the open, unfathomably deep mouth of the main Black Coffin!

"No—!"

He Sha only had time to let out half a choked roar.

Then he was dragged completely by the chain into the endless darkness of the Chaotic Heaven Black Coffin’s main body, disappearing from sight.

Only the echo of his venomous Curse still lingered faintly in the air.

As He Sha was "reclaimed" by the main Black Coffin,

the coffin that had fused six illusory Black Coffins and formed the strange humanoid figure trembled slightly, about to transform into a Flowing Light and return to the main body.

Qi Yun, who had been watching intently, felt a sudden glint in his eyes!

"You’re staying with me!"

With a low shout, Qi Yun’s Venerable Dao Intent erupted from his body!

Mastering All Skills!

A Nine-Colored Divine Radiance shot up from his palm, instantly transforming into a giant hand that seized the strange, escaping Black Coffin!

The Black Coffin struggled and shook violently in the grip of the nine-colored hand.

The humanoid silhouette inside let out a silent roar, unleashing a powerful Daoist Intent of burial in an attempt to break free.

With a Heart Thought, Qi Yun’s Human Emperor Banner swelled against the wind.

On the banner’s surface, phantoms of mountains, rivers, and the state flowed, as the Emperor’s Qi and the Power of the Great Yin intertwined to form a massive vortex, generating a powerful suction.

"Absorb!"

At Qi Yun’s command, the nine-colored hand grabbed the struggling Black Coffin and violently shoved it into the vortex on the face of the Human Emperor Banner!

VMMMM—!

The Human Emperor Banner trembled violently. On its deep black surface, the twisted, coffin-shaped marking radiating an aura of burial faintly appeared before slowly fading away, returning to normal.

Gazing at the Human Emperor Banner in his hand, Qi Yun felt a connection and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes. He then formed a hand seal for a Spell and raised the great banner high.

The banner’s surface snapped in the wind!

The formation of the Taiyin Refining Form Array before him suddenly changed. The Eclipse Moon dissipated, and the starlight faded.

The next instant!

One after another, Black Coffins erupted from the ground!

The Black Coffin Annihilation Array.

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